Provo, UT

You’ll find Pumpkinland at the Vineyard Garden Center on Geneva Road in Orem. If you’re coming from I-15, you’ll take the Orem Center Street exit (whether coming from the north or south) and drive west (towards Utah Lake.) Once you reach Geneva Road, turn south (left) and keep motoring until you reach the nursery at 435 S Geneva Rd. They are open Monday-Saturday 9:30am-6:00pm. Entrance fee is $3.00 per person (for those 3-99, as Farmer Grant tells us) and this is definitely one of those “get more than what you pay for” kind of deals.

Confession. I’d been itching to take this boat ride since last year, when my husband flatly refused. He’s a big guy and was worried about the seaworthiness of the vessel.

At first, I was horrified. I could deal with the promotional facial from Mary Kay, the evening with my roommates, and the finishing touch of a late night movie . . . but as princesses?! During the week, however, the idea grew on me. So seldom do we get a chance to truly dress [...]

Get ready for Halloween fun at Thanksgiving Point! From traditional pumpkin picking to the only-in-Utah David Archuletta corn maze, there are tricks and treats for kids (and adults) of all ages.

It may not be fly fishing in a sleepy southern town, but Nielsen’s Grove Park is a beautiful get-to-in-a-flash alternative that my family and I frequent when we want to relax, cast out a line and stretch out on weed-free green grass.

a giant journal is a big black sketchbook with blank pages in it, and what you do in it is a combination of journaling and scrapbooking. I used to do scrapbooking, but I’m such a perfectionist that it took me hours and hours just to finish one small page, and I was always nervous about messing something up. Giant journaling is a much more casual way to document memories and express yourself creatively.

Pop quiz! Name the first museum ever built in the state of Utah for the visual arts. Not sure? Try this: What Utah art museum houses over two thousand original works of art in its permanent collection, 1,500 of which were created by Utah artists? Still unsure? Okay, last one: This museum, built in 1907, also houses one of the largest modern Russian art collections anywhere outside of Russia itself.

The Shops at Riverwoods is an outdoor mall right on the corner of University Avenue and 4800 N, which turns into Orem Center St. There are lots of stores and restaurants there–there are clothing stores, like Abercrombie & Fitch, the Buckle, Victoria’s Secret, and Kaleidoscope (none of which are cheap stores, for the record); there’s a yoga studio called It’s Yoga, an art store, Bath & Body Works, a children’s clothes store, and lots of other retailers; there’s Macaroni Grill, Happy Sumo (a fantastic Asian restaurant), Tucano’s Brazilian Grill, Bajio’s, Subway, and a few other restaurants, and a Hogi Yogi across the parking lot from the theater. Sometimes we’ll see a movie at the Wynnsong theater, too, which has been recently redecorated inside.

Is it just me, or was anyone else surprised by last night’s snowfall? Snow on October 12th?! Three days ago my daughter was dancing barefoot in the grass! Hmmm….Well, we decided to make the most of it and have some faux-winter fun!

From the number of cars traveling in either direction through the Alpine Loop on a typical fall afternoon, you’d think everyone already knows about this Utah Valley treasure. Assuming you’re the one soul reading this who’s not yet had the pleasure of this sublime must-do, it’s time for a road trip!